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Ruth Messinger

Ruth Messinger

Ruth W. Messinger is the former CEO and inaugural Global Ambassador of American Jewish World Service. She served as the 24th Borough President of Manhattan and was the first woman to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for New York City Mayor in 1997.

 

Blog Posts

Suffrage Parade (New York, 1912)
August 20, 2020

Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport: Reflections on the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage

Ruth Messinger and
Jordan Namerow

Ruth Messinger argues voting is not just a right, but a duty.

Topics: Voting Rights, Politics and Government

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Ruth Messinger." (Viewed on December 24, 2024) <https://jwa.org/blog/author/messinger-ruth-0>.